Associate Professor Simon Reid

Assoc Prof (Global Disease Control)

School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
simon.reid@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 55290

Overview

Simon Reid is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland. He is a keen advocate of One Health and the application of systems thinking approaches to understand and improve interventions for wicked problems at the human-animal-ecosystem interface such as zoonoses. His research includes projects exploring the drivers of human-bat interactions, human brucellosis and improving global health security. He has an emerging interest in multisectoral governance as it applies to high level issues such as health security and antimicrobial resistance. He delivers postgraduate courses in communicable disease control and One Health at UQ.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Murdoch University
  • Bachelor of Science, Murdoch University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University

Publications

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Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

  • Master Philosophy

  • Doctor Philosophy

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Available Projects

  • This is a broad project area that suits a student interested in developing skills in systems thinking and modelling, and its approach to the governance of antimicrobial resistance. This one health project is designed to critically evaluate the structure and implementation of national AMR action plans.

  • Serious games are a relatively new way of creating experiential learning and research tools that are able to simulate real-life contexts. I am working with a colleague Russell Richards (Business School) to develop a serious game called "Spillover" that will be a multiplayer simulation of the systems associated with the spill over of a new zoonotic pathogen. The game offers an opportunity to explore the process that key stakeholders use to make complex decisions under uncertainty. The project involves working with a colleague from the School of Psychology who is an organisation psychologist.

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Publications

Book Chapter

  • Reid, Simon and Kama, Mike (2015). Leptospirosis: a one health case study. One health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches. (pp. 190-200) edited by Jakob Zinsstag, Esther Schelling, David Waltner-Toews, Maxine Whittaker and Marcel Tanner. Oxford, United Kingdom: CABI.

  • Reid, Simon and Kama, Mike (2015). Leptospirosis: a one health case study. One health: the theory and practice of integrated health approaches. (pp. 190-200) edited by Jakob Zinsstag, Esther Schelling, David Waltner-Toews, Maxine Whittaker and Marcel Tanner. Oxford, United Kingdom: CABI.

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Osborne, Nicholas, Reid, Simon, Karatela, Shamshad, Assefa, Yibeltal and Wan, En-Tzu Grace (2021). Relationship of pesticide exposure with kidney function in NHANES: lessons from low level chronic exposure. IEA World Congress of Epidemiology 2021, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 3-6 September 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.517

  • Toth-Peter, A., Richards, R. G., Reid, S., Gartner, C., Staby, S. and Smith, C. (2020). Smoking model: evaluating the dynamics of tobacco smoking in Australia. 3rd Asia-Pacific System Dynamics conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 3-4 February, 2020. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.

  • Murphy, Amanda, Jilip, Jenarun, William, Timothy, Maluda, Marilyn, Rajahram, Giri, Reid, Simon, Hu, Wenbiao, Devine, Gregor and Frentiu, Francesca (2018). The rising impact and complex ecology of dengue in rural Malaysia. 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

  • Andrew Thompson, R. C. and Reid, Simon A. (2000). Is leishmaniasis extending its range?. Elsevier Ltd. doi: 10.1016/S0169-4758(00)01782-8

Other Outputs

  • Batikawai, Suliasi Mekerusa, Reid, Simon and Osborne, Nicholas (2022). Acute Watery Diarrhea Data for Western and Central Division, Fiji. 2016 - 2021. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/0c2658f

  • Anderson, Amy, Hall, Nina, Henry, Chris, Savage, Amy and Reid, Simon (2019) Water, sanitation and hygiene in the Pacific, and the need to meet SDG 6 Brisbane, Australia: Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland

  • Hall, N., Barbosa, M. C., Currie, D., Dean, A.J., Head, B., Hill, P. S., Naylor, S., Reid, S., Selvey, L. and Willis, J. (2017). Water, sanitation and hygiene in remote Indigenous Australian communities: a scan of priorities. Global Change Institute discussion paper: water for equity and wellbeing series. 2207-9602. Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

  • Hall, Nina , Abal, Eva, Albert, Simon , Ali, Saleem , Barrington, Dani , Dean, Angela , Head, Brian, Hill, Peter, Hussey, Karen , Jagals, Paul , Muriuki, Grace , Pascoe, Mark , Reid, Simon , Richards, Russell, Robinson, Jacqueline, Ross, Helen , Shannon, Cindy , Torero Cullen, Jose and Willis, Jon (2016). The UN Sustainable Development Goals for water and sanitation: how should Australia respond within and beyond its borders?. Global Change Institute discussion paper: water for equity and wellbeing series. 2207-9602. Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

  • Hall, N., Richards, R., Barrington, D., Ross, H., Reid, S., Head, B., Jagals, P., Dean, A., Hussey, K., Abal, E., Ali, S., Boully, L. and Willis, J. (2016). Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals for water and beyond. Global Change Institute Discussion Paper: Water for Equity and Wellbeing Series. 2207-9602. Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

Completed Supervision

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

  • This is a broad project area that suits a student interested in developing skills in systems thinking and modelling, and its approach to the governance of antimicrobial resistance. This one health project is designed to critically evaluate the structure and implementation of national AMR action plans.

  • Serious games are a relatively new way of creating experiential learning and research tools that are able to simulate real-life contexts. I am working with a colleague Russell Richards (Business School) to develop a serious game called "Spillover" that will be a multiplayer simulation of the systems associated with the spill over of a new zoonotic pathogen. The game offers an opportunity to explore the process that key stakeholders use to make complex decisions under uncertainty. The project involves working with a colleague from the School of Psychology who is an organisation psychologist.